Unique Special Educator Role
Company: Invo Healthcare - Family of Companies
Location: Bartow
Posted on: March 18, 2023
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Job Description:
IMPACT (Invo Multidisciplinary Program to Address Childhood
Trauma) utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of
youth struggling with mental health challenges, behavioral
challenges, and social/emotional issues at home and school. Our
interventions draw upon field-tested, evidence-based protocols
while encouraging academic progress. Our youth-guided approach
draws on each youth's strengths, incorporates family members and
other people living in the home (who may not be family members),
and group-based interventions when appropriate, with the goal
establishing healthy behaviors that will serve the youth throughout
his/her lifetime.
The guiding philosophy behind IMPACT intervention services
recognizes the severe implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACEs). By understanding how to manage or ameliorate the effects of
ACEs, youth-guided IMPACT intervention can change children's lives
for the better. Research has clearly shown the role of ACEs as root
causes of behavior to better understand why a youth is distressed
(i.e., early life trauma, mental illness in household, youth
witnessing domestic violence) as a means for understanding the
etiology of emotional problems, mental illness, and substance use.
By identifying root causes of behavior, the IMPACT therapist
creates treatment plans that will yield long term positive effects
(such as reducing truancy, preventing substance abuse relapse, and
maladaptive behaviors). The ramifications of failing to address
ACEs, specifically when present at a high threshold in each child,
can be catastrophic for their future mental and physical
health.
The Polk County IMPACT team services 10 therapeutic classrooms
located at 10 different school sites around the district. Each
therapeutic classroom is led by an ESE certified teacher, a
classroom aide/paraprofessional, and a Registered Behavior
Technician (RBT). IMPACT therapists are assigned two school sites,
dividing their time amongst 50/50. A board-certified behavior
analyst (BCBA) supports each classroom as well. The IMPACT team
provides intensive academic, behavioral (ABA), and mental-health
interventions with the goal to transition students to the least
restrictive environment with significant success in the acquisition
of new skills.
An IMPACT Classroom Teacher will provide intensive academic
services for both children and adolescents. The following
summarizes duties, as assigned:
Requirements:
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